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Could this be a sign of my depression worsening?
I have depression and anxiety. I've had it under control with medication for the last 4 years.
Recently a stupid event from my past keeps playing back over and over in my head. Events from my past have played back on my head before but only for a few hours or days. This has been going on for weeks.
10+ years ago I was an immature college student when I sent a guy I had a crush on a love note. I later found out he had a girlfriend. His brother sent me some nasty emails but his girlfriend and I talked it over and we laughed it off. I moved on shortly after I'm sure they did too.
I've since gotten married and I'm still happily married.
Recently that silly event keeps playing back over and over in my head and I can't figure out why. I've had no contact with the guy, he hasn't even showed up on my Facebook feed. I told my husband about the event and my husband has also brushed it off as a stupid event from my past.
The only explanation I can think of is that my depression is getting worse. Anyone have any ideas what's going on?
2 Answers
- Anonymous4 years ago
DEPRESSION IS A CONDITION THAT IS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE LASTING FOR NO MORE THAN 2 YEARS. FACT If it is lasting longer than that, it is not depression. Whatever therapist you have had better have this all hammered out the way that it is for you, and SHOULD BE RECOMMENDING PROPER MEDICATIONS RATHER THAN JUST ANTIDEPRESSANTS.
- Anonymous4 years ago
This is what I keep telling my doctors is PTSD. I'm bombarded with memories of abuse (for years now) and they just keep telling me I'm depressed, or schizoid. Then again, I can't imagine how your memories relate with trauma. Was it a traumatic experience, or related to triggers that attach to another traumatic experience in reveling intimate feelings? So, there's probably something that was going on in your life which triggered it to surface. How you deal with this now can affect how your brain reconditions the past traumas in sharing intimacy, or whatever is triggering you.